10 Classic Champagne Cocktails
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You'll love making champagne cocktails, as it's customary to celebrate the end of the year with a glass of this sparkling wine.
If you enjoy pairing Champagne with various aromatics and already have an idea of your flavor preferences, you might want to check out some of the names of such pairings from a bartender's guide. Flavor matters in Champagne cocktails. Any sparkling wine similar to Champagne (Cava, Sect, Prosecco) can be used as a base. This sparkling wine, generally inexpensive, can be enhanced with premium spirits (liqueur, bitters, herbal balsam). It's also common to add ingredients that enhance the cocktail's uniqueness: soda water, apple cider, Irish stout, tonic, or granita (fruit ice).
First, chill a flute glass, then add the necessary ingredients, mixed using the build method, and fill to the top with champagne. This will cause the coloring components to float to the bottom, giving the cocktail a unique hue.
Mimosa cocktail
This is a classic appetizer. Using a 1:5 ratio, make a cocktail with fresh orange juice and champagne. For a more intense flavor, add an equal amount of Triple Sec orange liqueur to the orange juice.
Kir Royal
This French cocktail is traditionally sipped before a meal to prepare the taste buds. Like its dry white wine cousin, the Kir Royale is made with Crème de Cassis (a syrupy blackcurrant liqueur) and Champagne.
Champagne Cocktail
Soak a sugar cube in Angostura bitters (you'll need 2 dashes) and drop the sugar into the bottom of a flute. Then add a little less than a tablespoon of cognac and pour in the chilled champagne.
Bellini
This cocktail, originally from Renaissance Venice, bears the city's history. Its creator envisioned a slightly different recipe, but it's still cherished, and the basics of its preparation haven't been forgotten. If the peach harvest is long gone, there's no better way to add not only a sweet note but also a satiny texture than by replacing the fruit with a thick syrup made from ripe peaches. Take one part peach cream liqueur and add four parts Prosecco.
Champagne with liqueur
Some cocktails pair beautifully with fruit, and punch is no exception. Use a viscous liqueur, Kirschwasser, and Champagne in the appropriate ratio of 1:2:4. The preparation varies widely, but the choice is yours, depending on your desired outcome. Try this cocktail at the end of your evening to capture the sweet, honeyed aftertaste and let the velvety notes serenely envelop your palate.
Black Velvet Cocktail
This combination won't seem so strange once you've thoroughly sampled the cocktail. It's made with 1 part dry Irish stout and up to 4 parts champagne. After a while, you'll get the hang of it and experience a never-ending aftertaste.
Death in the Afternoon
The cocktail traditionally consists of absinthe and champagne in a 1:10 ratio. Pour in the absinthe and top up with brut until the drinks reach the desired opalescent haze. However, you can substitute the absinthe with pastis, an anise-flavored liqueur.
Poinsettia Cocktail
This cocktail pairs well with appetizers, and it's a brilliant scarlet color to boot. Make it to get in the holiday spirit, and next time you'll be a master at making it. Take one part Triple Sec orange liqueur and four parts Champagne, then drizzle with cranberry juice.
Nelson's Blood
Named after British Admiral Nelson, despite its name, this cocktail tastes excellent and is perfect for a vintage party. The recipe calls for 1 part red port to up to 5 parts champagne.
Aperol Spritz
This Venetian cocktail requires plenty of ice. Add a splash of Aperol or Campari, a little more than half a glass of champagne, and sparkling water.
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Champagne with bitters
Soak a sugar cube in bitters, place it in the bottom of a glass, top with champagne, and garnish with a lemon twist. This is how champagne was drunk in the mid-19th century.
French 75
The cocktail has a history, but it was given its name, the French 75, in 1930. Add a splash of sugar syrup, a little more lemon juice (2 tablespoons), gin to taste, and finish with a layer of champagne.
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